Jamaican Phrases Part 1

The Jamaican language is constantly attracting great interest from people craving a taste of our culture, but what is perhaps most intriguing about patois is the many sayings and expressions we use.
At times, some of these phrases can be difficult to translate into English ,and an outsider may struggle to find meaning.
This video contains some phrases that only a real Jamaican would understand.
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[@ibrahimmansaray2143]

We say hush yay in Sierra Leone for the same meaning like you say in Jamaica too 🇸🇱❤️

[@n2rj]

I am a Trini and understood everything but that’s because I listened to so much reggae and dancehall growing up

[@fatdad64able]

I am straight.

[@wesleysheppard421]

I’m not a Jamaican so this very helpful as I use it to speak a little patwah to my associates at work. They laugh but give me an A for effort. 😁🇯🇲👍🏾

[@dolofuture9749]

Patois

[@QuattroZack1]

The joke is E for effort. Not A.

[@kwodgawdyinsm8632]

Stop this

[@aaronblack9043]

Fiyyyahhhh 🔥

[@DeinlieblingsEmre]

Hush taw.

[@serenity3031]

LOL that scenario with the Rastafarian at the restaurant really got me!

[@AlexandreOlim]

Big love from Portugal, yuh zimi

[@ShearForce1]

In Cameroon pidgin, we have the word "ashia" which has the exact meaning as "hush yaw" in Jamaican patois

[@Mr.Fun.G.u.y.]

Respect for this lovely country, grom PANAMÁ 🇵🇦

[@borgelladumond7881]

Me love Jamaica Language I m Haitian Yuh zimi.🤗

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Big up yuhself

[@Kira-berry]

Love All mi ancestors ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@skabuoy]

Yuh zimi is just a different way of spelling 'You see me?' which is a regularly used shortening of 'Do you see what I am trying to say?' in basic English. Other than that, I will see whether what I think I know of JA patwah (which is just a different way of spelling patois) will suffice, as I will be going 'ah yard' coming February and enjoy Bob Marley Day to the fullest while I am at it. Which is actually also my birthday.

[@emeka5449]

I’m Igbo and I’m amazed to see a few Igbo words that survived in Jamaica. Igbo slaves from Nigeria were among the top 3 slaves in Jamaica and some Igbo words such as ‘Dey’/‘di’ (for eg in Igbo Chi di = God dey/God exists, Jamaica di mma = Jamaica dey good etc), unu (you in plural form, still the original word in Igbo, Unu di mma = unu/una dey good/ok), soso, etc. The phrase in Patois red ibo, later corrupted to red bone, comes from the significant number of light skinned Igbo slaves back during slavery originally used to refer to light skinned Igbo slaves but today is used to refer to a light skinned black person in general. In Igboland today, they have the highest number of light skinned black people compared to other tribes of Nigeria. Obia man in Patois may have come from the Igbo word ‘dibia’ for sorcery priest or the Akan word, ‘obeah’. One love my people.

[@annettegeorge577]

light skinned people are oftentimes referred to as Redibo

[@annettegeorge577]

It is nice to know the origin of this word

[@jamaicanxhoney4218]

Correct same with the Yoruba. Yoruba is heavily influenced in Jamaican culture 💯

[@claritycentral]

My Nigerian coworkers were speaking and I was like. Huh? How is it that I can understand you? 😂😂

[@hotarugracequeen7349]

@@jamaicanxhoney4218 Wow, good to know. I'm a Jamaican and always disbelieved that all we spoke was broken English, I figured we got our language from our African ancestors.

[@Moniiimoni]

I learnt something and I'm Jamaican🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲. This funny 😄😄😄. Good stuff 👍🏾

[@jinggbangg]

Same. Some new phrases start since I left, but that's like every language --new words and phrases every year or so

[@CamViesky]

My grandmother love this one, "chicken merry hawk deh near." Always did a get up inna some type a trouble as a child. Is a good while since I hear half dem phrase deh weh yu did a explain. Deh ya foreign fi pilot school. Soon reach back a JA. Miss it bad. Bless up 👊🏽

[@chadbaier2557]

When i was like 7 or 8 bavk in 1988 my older cousin jake listened too dancehall like crazy and used to call me Nyammy Ranking he said cause I eat up all the food lol

[@kassayrold5706]

I’m a English learner and l love Jamaica 🇯🇲 accent 😌😍

[@deviouslymadeKP]

Get outta hear u not Jamaican

[@jodawgsup]

@@deviouslymadeKP and who is you to claim this space for your own, boy?

[@netzftbl]

@@jodawgsup Ngl that was a violation

[@danschneider3920]

Jamaican Patois is an English-based creole language, do your research or get flamed

[@jacquelineidennis353]

Yowww...prappa sinting dat yout...up. Jamdung mi bawn. Respek!

[@kellyclark7517]

Out of many…ONE PEOPLE❤️💛☘️

[@kmg9359]

I’m not Jamaican, I’m Saint Lucian and I understood every phrase lol. Maybe it’s because we watch a lot of Jamaican stuff over here.

[@Den-gz4yo]

True, also listen a lot of Jamaican music

[@gaeriellemalcolm7467]

😂😂😂😂 this was so funny and well presented. 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 . Good job. Loved it

[@trevor100ify]

Lol trouble ded deh😎👍

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Lol that's a fact.

[@jamrockqueen9767]

There doesn't seem to be any caption provided for the post. Some Jamaican deaf people who need to learn

[@rascaesar9025]

can't stop learning.. much love from uganda

[@gameon2000]

Y u need dis? U african brothas speak perfectly patwa arready boii! 😁

[@rascaesar9025]

@@gameon2000 hahaha yah we do but learning neva ends😂

[@Den-gz4yo]

@@gameon2000 Not perfect Jamaican Patois which is a language in its own and nothing is wrong in learning it

[@gameon2000]

@@Den-gz4yo Wagwan blud! 🤣

[@r011ing_thunder6]

Can a Mexican American learn this too?

[@legendjosh6133]

Thanks for sharing. Watching you from Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

[@DrRuddyAKhani-pq5sj]

Tevin, great talent! You have really brought your character to an idealized world in this video. You are 'to the fore' Sir! Being a Jamaican and understand our Creole and phrases, I must say it is best I have heard in a mighty long while. It was captivating and very well executed!! Great performance, I really love it! Keep on keeping on... Beyond the sky's the limit! Nuff Love from Trelawny.

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Thank you kindly

[@Versiongurl]

Yes he did it well... anybody can understand him and plus he still spoke the Jamaican patois with an heavy accent.

[@crystalrowe3676]

Love this! Keep up the great work bro.

[@sarahhernandez4502]

Love your videos. You shou put subtitles all the time so its easier to try to understand even if its not the translation but the words in jamaican

[@DersuUzala.]

Am Russian &I haven't gotten nothing , but I do like ur zest , inspiration & fun .

[@ekathe85]

The GTA IV vibe I get from this comment is too much to handle

[@Jan-w4s]

If you haven't got nothing, then you got something......2 negatives (not and nothing) make a positive.

[@TenaciousB20]

This was so good! Thank you

[@ayanaj1006]

Great stuff, Tevin! Blessings and big up from Trinbago!

[@xrecon18]

This guy is actually an amazing KZbinr. Completely underrated. If there’s anyone who dislikes his videos, I’ll be knocking on your door. Yuh Zimi?

[@blank_3958]

Fiyyaah fi dat !!

[@iryebewater5364]

Awesome 👍 Give Thanks !!

[@mechelekobell9371]

😎😎... Nuh fear di patwah boss is here!😂😂😂. Excellent Job.

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Thank you

[@glenmarksmellie7194]

This is fun to listen 😂😂😂 the philopino here in the Cayman island love our patwah. Big up bro bro

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Respect bro

[@aprelspence1399]

I'm Jamaican so I easily understanded.

[@luxxbeaute2106]

Wow I’m young and watching this im learning new words

[@AlexandreOlim]

Great content! 🎉

[@marciwyrd8905]

I used to work with a Jamaican guy. He taught me some words and we had our boss thinking bombaclaut boti boy meant "good man" for months. Good times. (Sorry if it's spelled wrong, he taught me how to say it, not how to spell it.)

[@miltonmiles1733]

LOL..LOL..LOL..MAN YOU HAD ME LIKE A CRAZY MAN LAUGHING IN MY HOUSE SO LOUD..WHAT A RIOT WHEN BOSS FIND OUT LATER WHAT DAT SENTENCE MEAN..

[@monicahow]

This is so funny. The gays were dancing to Boom Bye Bye until some one explained it

[@marjorieking9314]

& mek di worl tun gainst Buju​ since den, tho not us blks. Btw, I'm British, & understood every word #JamaicanParents&Husband😊@@monicahow

[@titanyawilliams7715]

🤣🤣.....OMG this is so cool and funny!!! ❤ I love the humor that comes with every translation. Doing an excellent job Bro, keep it up💯

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Am glad you enjoyed it

[@chriscreation79]

Thank you very much 💯

[@Ecotectpestexpert]

Love it !

[@t.morris4761]

Favorite "Put some clothes pan da agument deh"😅

[@cindybrowne6070]

Yeah, meh zimi. Big up!

[@robertopetrazzuolo4749]

Hey Mr cool! Always bubbly

[@shavel6102]

I love this lol

[@jacquelineidennis353]

Bwoy, mi glad mi deh yah tidey enuh

[@lindabutler4814]

Lol I can't stop watching this. I enjoyed this.

[@scumbaggo]

one of the dopest out there.. the language, and the man. love patwah, scottish accent, cajun accent, creole, portugese.. trying to master them all. thanks for everything bro. much love from philadelphia. 🤙

[@70Seven7]

give thanks ..Yuzimi

[@dain_jah]

Jah jah...funny but interesting inna wi own way...

[@paulinesteele6624]

Well said. Tan todi! Yu mek mi a pap up fi reel.

[@Safphron]

Good Job!

[@johnnymancebo5201]

Def not remembering all of this but mi appreciate di video 🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@mitsysimkelle2325]

Now I understand the boat and the ship…😀😀

[@berni9977]

Great vid Mi Brudda !

[@ginatequila6240]

I enjoyed it Tev!

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

I'm happy you did.

[@Versiongurl]

I really enjoy this. Your patois is so sweet and nice... not ranga ranga, lol. I kinna made that up. 😂

[@fatdad64able]

Wagwan. Much love from 🇩🇪 😂

[@curleycroberts561]

Enjoyed the content brov... Keep it up

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Thank you nuf respect

[@5thtodasev]

Yuh zimi!

[@NikiDjock]

good slang ❤

[@elitecareservices3299]

Great content bro

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Thank you.

[@Rudebwoy64]

Like eeeen!!

[@driley5004]

I love this language

[@jamrocklive6197]

Big up yuh self genna

[@rthomas5986]

Good stuff. Yu Zimi is one of those younger generation phrase. I love Patwah, but it's changing. Some of the words used back in my early years ( 60's and 70's ), have changed, or not known by younger generations. Mi luv patwah bad, a kulcha weh we afi ole ahn pan.

[@Nyammings]

Yes. Language evolves.

[@Den-gz4yo]

Yuh zimi has been around for a long while, unless you in your 90's that is

[@rthomas5986]

@@Den-gz4yo Mi respectfully disagree, but a nuh nutton. new generation patwah a still patwah. Mi a fifty ad.

[@slimthickaz.]

Yeah, I'd say it's a newer term. Our parents and grandparents didn't use that.

[@rufaichanso8000]

Real overstand

[@BigReegaming]

I’m of Jamaican descent I just want to learn how to speak Jamaican and become fluent in it

[@averagejoe71759]

Yh man ah proppa ting dis my yoot seen 😂🤜🏾🇯🇲

[@peliwendy509]

4:55 He got the same reaction as me when I'm struggling with something 😂😂

[@666BEEZY]

Thank you brudren I’m Tyriing to learn my culture

[@MrOSAMAN1000]

Bredren or brethren . Yuh call de aysh = man a Burden and he is as ho thamaydayth la ghasha anakhano as clowns m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/baemiIR9q8uSY80 Shalom

[@lorenzoallen5930]

A fire pon dah...cah cook pork in a rasta man pot😂😂😂

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Lol

[@johnnybizzle370]

Big up

[@kimmypossible6702]

Lool really enjoyed this...rasta nuh eat pork

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Lol

[@barbarawatson5375]

Thanks for the education. Some a demde phrase mi neva know masa 😂

[@chicfini]

Thank you nan🇯🇲💪🏿

[@yvettewilliams5967]

People who grew up in Montserrat, W.I fully comprehend 99 per cent of Jamaican Patois. Similar patois spoken there, of course, ‘the Queens English’ is spoken by all as it is taught from A B C classes. Also, having Jamaican friends help too. OFCOURSE, ‘proper English’ is taught to ALL CARIBBEAN CHILDREN, every Island has their own form of Patois though.

[@LiamDangerPark]

I hope you keep making videos

[@allyssaforrester7621]

Another ball knocked out the park Tev 😎

[@jamaicanpatwah5170]

Thank you

[@findtruth5329]

My favourite one is "wham tuna?" I love how, in English, it sounds like "what happened to the tuna" but in Jamaican it means "what's wrong with you?" Very intriguing language! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TUNA? I SAS HUNGRY TOO, YOU SEE ME? IM RIGHT HERE, IM NOT INVISIBLE MAN! Lol kills me every time!

[@Nyammings]

Whaam toonu is a contraction of 'what happen to oonoo.' Oonoo is you in the plural form. Oonoo is most likely a word from a west African language that means you.

[@findtruth5329]

@@Nyammings oh wow, thank you!! Are you from the yard, as they say? Thanks again

[@Nyammings]

Yes. I'm from yaad.

[@findtruth5329]

@@Nyammings blessed love, my girl. Jah Jah bless you widda long life and nuff picknie.

[@Coconutbabez]

@@Nyammings it’s not oonoo it’s unuh, uno or unu

[@maznf3589]

Yuh knoh seh yuh too freh freh& nuff.

[@kayhaughton]

So funny :-)

[@9rider11]

Mi yaard cousins have so many unique sayings…🇸🇽

[@zombielols1895]

Nice

[@zjZOII]

Irie!)))

[@fablover78]

Love unu!!

[@Pearly-Queen]

Can't wait to marry my Jamaican King!❤

[@fayeanderson4480]

Out of many one people 🖤💚💛

[@dejanmoya9434]

I'm Jamaican forever

[@bepponen]

best accent ever after irish and scottish :D

[@TheNcoc24]

Yuh Zimi 🇯🇲

[@anarchy_79]

"Trouble deh deh" = "Knee and jize lurking". Thank you for that, I am much enlightened in the Jamaican language! :) Seriously though most badass accent of all tyem knoe what em seeyin?

[@TazHall]

My Kingstonian friends used to say a "bombaat", a mild version of bumbaclot or "blow-wow" for blouse and skirt 😂

[@MrOSAMAN1000]

Plus kiss mi granny fi match

[@wasupman777]

Bless up mi breddah

[@mariocornejo364]

Me good man blesyn

[@Nellsta]

New subscriber here I’m going trelawny tomorrow man I’m definitely gonna ask a chef man to run a me a boat 👌🇯🇲

[@user-hr3rs1rj6k]

I don't hold with Jamaican "bad" words being "taught" to foreigners, but you can't control what people do.

[@WayneSmith-if7uv]

Gwan Jamaica Gwan 😁

[@kainevins3130]

Everybody loves Canada to you should go there okay!🚗🇨🇦

[@user-lq2mp2so1l]

?

[@jaquelynwilliams484]

Fence up your argument is out of this world funny😅😅😅

[@MarekMarczak-rk4mp]

BOMBOOOCLAAAAT

[@miltonmiles1733]

Curse word..but can be used as a surprise, as someone surprised you with good or bad news.."hey mark" gloria my girl is pregnant...response..bumboclaat you done for now..

[@zedzee23]

In Sierra Leone we say “ osh ya “ = hush yaw

[@blossomwhyte4787]

I'm Jamaican but heard so many of these,phrases